Life is full of surprises. You dont get to say “i’ll never miss another day of work” because you dont know what injury, car accident, or illness is in your future thats going to make that statement a promise you cant keep. Situations arise that must be handled. You dont get to choose whether or …
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Demolition Day
My original plan with the old chicken pen was to take down the old coop with a drill and a sledgehammer and build the new coop inside. That way, i wouldnt have to take the sides, roof, or buried part of the fencing down, which seemed more complicated to me. Well, that idea got poo …
The Floating Trees
November first of every year our little town ends up with a light up wire christmas tree plugged in at the top of every other pole on the main road. It turns out its the elctric company that does it. It ends up looking like something out of harry potter. In the pitch dark its …
A Glimpse of the Future
Lately the temperature at night has been hovering right around freezing and ive been leaving the greenhouse lights on overnight to keep it a bit warmer in there considering theres two open wall vents that let the outdoor air in even when i close the windows. That means the roses in there have had 24 …
The Pin Oak Never Disappoints
Ive gotten mixed feedback about whether pin oaks and spanish oaks will succumb to oak wilt. This tree is actually a cluster of 6 equally aged pin oaks stemming from the same patch of ground and the end result is perfection. The tree is so full and beautiful and each fall it turns bright orange …
Organizing the Pantry
Each year my mortgage payment goes up around a hundred dollars a month. Im now at the point where living the way im living, im breaking even, not making profit. So i sat down and made some new years resolutions. Budget wise, i need to buckle down for the next 13 years. I decided that …
Berkey
Bud is the larger armadillo with a healed over puncture mark that lives under a rotted tree stump behind my house. Berkey is the name my mother gave to the newest younger and smaller armadillo to show up on scene. He was quite small when he first appeared and he seems to have a den …
An Inconvenient Time for Coyotes
The coyotes were on the neighbor’s property tonight. Right as the sun set they came running in yipping and hollering like excited teenagers out on the town. They were fresh and full of energy. I was not in the mood. I was finishing up chores. Normally i’d go in the house and wait them out, …
The Beads Project
This winter i began a project with some framed chicken wire and glass/wood/ceramic/paper beads. It involves stringing beads on little metal wire pieces and then attaching them one per space of chicken wire in the frame. When i am all finished i will use the velcro stick-on strips to hang the frame on the bathroom …